India, Sept. 4 -- ollywood has always been a bit like that one friend who borrows your clothes while swearing they are "just for a day"... and then shamelessly shows up to the next party wearing them. The result? A familiar silhouette, but with dance numbers and some questionable dialogue. That's the story of Indian remakes of foreign movies. Films that take "inspiration" (quotes intended) from Hollywood blockbusters, European cinema, Korean thrillers, and everything in between.

One good example is Aamir Khan and Pooja Bhatt-starrer Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin. It looks suspiciously like It Happened One Night). There are some Bollywood remakes of Hollywood movies that forgot to even change even the specific character arcs. Needless to say, ou...